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Angling,news and comment from around the loch. The news pages of St Mary's Angling Club on St Mary's loch in the Scottish Borders UK.

Sunday, 2 July 2017

A braw Troot!

Photo 01 - What a beauty, Stuart and his 6lbs Brown Trout!

A braw Troot!

The photo
above shows one of our members Stuart Sutherland with a smile a mile wide
proudly displaying a stonker of a Brown Trout he caught yesterday! Stuart
appeared with a couple of boxes of homemade Pike flies and believe you me they
were masterpieces! Large, colourful with plenty of long flowing hair to impart
the required lifelike wiggle, the ideal enticer to a voracious predator which
is exactly what Stuarts fish was!

He set out
with his two young lads and soon was casting like a good un in spite of the
blustery conditions. Cognisant of the clubs mantra when hunting for Trout “The
wilder the better” he fished on through the waves. Eventually the bite came and
what followed was a spell of giving and taking line during what seemed like an
eternity!

I can
imagine the look on the faces of all three when it became clear just what was
on the end of the line.

A pristine fin perfect wild Brown Trout weighing 6lbs it’s
a fish of a lifetime. Stuart was quite happy to keep his capture close to his
chest within his close family and friends but we were able to persuade him that
such a significant fish should be recorded in the annals of the club history. I
should of course mention that after a quick photo the fish was safely returned
to the loch. The fish of course puts Stuart into the lead for the heaviest fish
of the 2017 season and whilst not unassailable my money would be on Stuart’s
fish!

An absolutely
splendid fish caught by an unassuming club member, like all our members they
are judged fit to stand under old Izaaks banner! I am also certain that his two
young lads are now confirmed young anglers and will be eager to emulate their dad’s
efforts! Very well done Stuart, a braw
Troot indeed!

If you are
seeking a monster fish get out, cover the water and with time you will meet
with success!

Photo 02 - Such a delicate flower and the petals are good to eat!

The boathouse flycatchers!

In what was
probably a very poor week for young birds fledging our nest of Spotted
Flycatchers is now empty. There was unfortunately one casualty who remained
lifeless in the nest. It seems Wednesday saw the first moves to fledging as a
young bird was seen on the wooden rails being fed by one of the parents. Jenny
counted four chicks on Monday so hopefully three will have successfully
fledged!

Following the
vacation of the nest box it has been taken down, been painted and had covered
areas installed to give a degree of protection in poor weather. The box will
also be re fixed to the tree but a few feet higher up. How fortunate we are to see nature in action right on our doorstep!

Photo 03 - Still a Dog Rose but White!

The wider world in my view!

Why the people will oust Theresa Mayhem!

We are
stumbling along being made out as fools as the world looks on in astonishment
that to keep their tenuous hold on power they have to offer bribes to a
backward political party more suited to life in the 17th century! Policies
abandoned, U turns on a massive scale and political gaffes every time she
enters the political arena!

It is clear
that these fools are intent on holding on to power at any cost and will stop at
nothing to achieve this aim!

What will stop them dead in their tracks however
is the anti capitalist fever that is now sweeping not only this country but all
over the globe where capitalist oppression keeps the poor ever needy and lines
the pockets of the rich!

Evidence of
this movement can be seen in recent events where in Scotland the SNP membership
rose through the roof in 2014. Again about this time the Green party saw and
sustained a huge rise in membership. The people of Britain are tearing up their
Daily Mail’s and realising that another fairer way of running the country is
possible!

We have had enough of the cry “there is no magical money tree” when
one magically appeared to bribe the DUP to prop up this lame duck
administration!

Embracing openness
and cultural tolerance people are now waking up to the fact that there is no
need for the super rich class and those who have been punished by recent successive
governments. There is another way! Jeremy Corbyn whatever you think of him has
tapped into this deep feeling among the population and it is this movement that
will do for the Tories good and proper!

Teachers are
up in arms over the never ending cuts as are NHS staff, Civil servants,
Emergency services and best of all the general public! Yes we are all sick to
the back teeth or the persistent run down of our public services! There will be
many strikes in the near future as workers revolt and say enough is enough!
Public protests against this dismal administration are already taking place but
soon will become the norm yesterday’s demonstration saw at least 10,000 turn
out to decry the so called government! Labour is a 6 points ahead in the latest
polls Theresa Mayhem has dropped 5 points behind Jeremy Corbyn and a clear
majority now exists to abandon the catastrophic Brexit referendum result!

The situation
is becoming more serious by the day, this incompetent government seems only
capable of bumbling from one crisis to the next completely devoid of coherent
strategy! They are driven not by what is best for ordinary people but by
outdated Victorian political ideology! Every single blunder they make impacts
on the lives of every one of us the Tory party is and always has been the nasty
party!

Each parliamentary
constituency must take it upon themselves to rid our country of these
incompetent devils! Take part in strikes, public protests, do whatever you need
to do to get them out! With only a few
exceptions Tory MP is but a neoplasm on
a decent society, for the sake of those who come later we must rid ourselves of
them!

Strangely missing!

Of course its that dud we have as a Scottish Secretary David Mundell! He stated he would block any extra cash given to northern Ireland and not replicated for Scotland! Well as we all know Scotland lost out again, and our Scottish secretary has disappeared and has nothing to say! Just like his colleague Cruella Davidson he's all mouth and no action, in other words a typical Tory!

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